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G. W. ROSE.

(No Model.)

BAILEB.

No. S93-,485. v Patented' Nov. 27

IIIIIIIII ill llllbl UNITED STATES PATENT Grrrcn.

GEORGE lV. ROSE, OF NASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,485, dated November 27, 1888.

Application filed PTuly 26, 18538. Serial No. 28l,115. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE W. Boss, of Washington, in the county of Washington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Well-Bailers, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to bailers designed for use in bailing the sediment out of oil and Artesian wells; and it consists in a novel construction of the same whereby the discharge of the sediment collected is rendered easy and certain.

In the. drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical cen` tral sectional View through the bailer; Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 1, showing the valve seat and valve removed from the tube; Fig. 3, a view illustrating the manner of discharging the sediment; Fig. 4, a sectional view of the ring or cup sometimes used in discharging the sediment; and Fig. 5 a sectional view showing a slight modification of the bailer.

A indicates the usual bailer-lube, strengthened at its lower end bya band or ring, a, and having at its upper end a bail, b, perforated to receive the rod or rope c, secured to the valve, or the valveseat and valve, as the case may be.

B indicates a ring or open circular block, provided on its exterior, near its base, with a circumferential shoulder, (l, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, upon which the end of the bailertube A rests, the said block or ring being further provided with a valveseat, c, to receive and seat the downwardly-closing valve C. The stem fof the valve C extends down ward through the ring B, below the base of the latter, and is provided with lateral arms g g, which, when the valve is raised off its seat, strike against the lower end of ring B and prevent the valve from passing upward therethrough. The stem of the valve, as shown in Fig. 2, is made quite narrow, so that when the valve C is raised from its seat e the sediment rope or rod c, which latter extends upward through the perforated bail b of the tube A, and serves to support the tube A and attendant parts.

It is to be observedthat the tube A is earried and supported by the ring B, and of course as the latter is raised the tube will be also raised.

Now the device is let down into the well by means of the rope or rod c, and as soon as the stem of the valve strikes the material in the bottom of the well it will raise the valve off its seat and permit the entrance of water, oil, and sediment into the interior of the tube A. After sufiicient length of time the bailcr is raised upward by means of the rope or rod, and the valve closes automatically, conlining the sediment, Sie., within the tube.

When the bailer is removed from the well, it is only necessary to rest it upon the ground, whereupon the valve will be raised from its seat and the sediment, duc., discharged through the opening in the ring. Should, however, as frequently happens, pieces of stone or other Obstructions fall into thetop of the bailer-tube A and be unable to pass by the stem of the valve, it becomes necessary' to remove the ring B, with its valve, bodily from the tube A, this feature of the removability of the valveseatand valve bodily from the open ended tube being the most important part of the present invention and entirely new with me so far as I am aware. In thus removing the ring B, l employ a cup, D, havingiu its bottom an opening, E, Figs. 3 and 4, of a size to lit the exterior of ring B, but not large enough to permit the passage of the tube A, which the cup is designed to support.

It will readily be seen that as the ring B is entirely independent of and separate from the tube A, which latter is supported by the cup D, the ring B, with its attendant parts, may fall or slide out of and below the end of the tube A, as shown in Fig. 3, thereby permitting the discharge of any materials that may have fallen into the tube.

In lieu ofthe construction and arrangement just described, the construction shown in Fig. 5 may be employed. In this the ring B is omitted and the lower end of the tube A provided with lateral openings t' t', through which the material maybe discharged when the valve C, which in this case is an upwardly-closing valve, is opened.

The open-ended bailer-tube is retained in this construction, and in order to remove the materials which are too large to pass through the openings z' t' it is only necessary to lower the valve below the end of the tube A, as

shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5.

I am aware that the tubes or cylinders of Sandpumps have been provided with a valve to close the lower end thereto and with a guard or cage to prevent the valve being removed far enough away from the end of the tube to permit the removal of stones, 85e., such a device being shown in various patents, among them one granted to me October 19, 1880, No. 233,549.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide for the removal of stones, &c., falling into the top of the tube, which of course cannot pass out through the narrow space between the end of the tube and the valve. Under the present invention the valve may be moved out of the tube to any desired distance, thereby rendering the entire tube free from all obstructions except the rod or cord. In speaking of the valve as being re movable, I wish to be understood as meaning that it is removable bodily therefrom and not limited in its movements by a cage, guard, or equivalent device secured to or forming part of the tube, as in the prior constructions to which I hafe referred. -I would also state that it has been proposed to provide a sandpump with a hinged valve; but such pump was not designed to be sunk into a well, it being provided with a llexible 'pipe which entered the side of the cylinder and conveyed the sand, &c., to the latter. YVhile, therefore, acknowledging fully the prior state of the art, I desire to state that I believe myself to be the rst to provide a bailer with an open-ended tube and with a valve adapted to close the end thereof and to be bodily removable therefrom without being limited in its movements by a cage, guard, or equivalent device.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim is- 1. In a bailer adapted to be inserted into a bored well, the combination, with the tube open at both ends and free from obstructions of any kind at its lower end, ofa valve adapted to close the lower end of the tube and removable entirely therefrom.

2. In a bailer adapted to be inserted into a bored well, the combination, with the tube open at both ends and free from obstructions of any kind at its lower end, of a valve inserted into the lower end thereof` and suspended from above, said valve being adapted to pass entirely from within and below the lower end of the tube when the support is lowered.

3. In a bailer adapted to be inserted into a bored well, the combination, with a tube open at its ends and free from obstructions of any kind at its lower end, of a valve adapted to close the lower end thereof, and asuspending rope or rod to support the bailer-tube and also hold the valve normally within the tube.

4. In a bailer, the combination, with a tube open at its ends and free from obstructions of any kind at its lower end, of the shouldered ring fitting within and supporting the tube, and a rope or rod secured to the ring.

5. In a bailer, the combination, with a tube open at its ends and free from obstructions of any kind at its lower end, of the shouldered ring adapted to support the tube and provided with a valve, and a rope or rod secured to the ring.

6. In a bailer, the combination, with the open-ended tube, of the ring B, provided with shoulder d and valve seat e, valve C, provided with arms g, a bail, I1., and a rope or rod, c, secured to the bail. Y

7. In combination with the bailer-tube A, a ring, B, iitting in the end thereof and provided with a valve, a suspending device for the ring, a cup, D, provided with an opening, E, of a size to fit the ring, and with ashoulder to support the tube.

8. In a bailer adapted to be inserted into a bored well, the combination, with a tube open at both ends and free from obstructions of any y kind at its lower end, of a valve adapted to close the lower end of the tube and to be removed bodily therefrom without being llimited in its movements by a guard, cage, o r equivalent device.

In witness whereof` I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

GEO. W. ROSE. Vitnesses:

R. C. MoCoNNELL, CHAs. W. CAMPBELL. 

